Match-making machine



-April 17, 1928. J. E. ZOMNIR ET AL MATCH MAKING MACHINE Filed May 27. 1927 V 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 I April 11, 1928.

J. E. ZOMNIR ET AL- MATCH MAKING MACHINE I 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 274 1927 April 17; 1 92s.

v 1,666,547 J. E. ZOMNIR. ET AL I MATCH MAKING MACHINE Filed May 27 1927 's Sheets-Sheet vI5 Patented Apr. .17, 1928.

, UNITED STATES.

' teaser; PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH 'E. zomnm Ann CLARENCE L. rnnnson, or srnineFmLn, massacnusn'rrs, ASSIGNORS TO THE DIAMOND matron COMPANY, or oHIcAoo, ILLINOIS, A coa- IORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Application filed May 27,

This invention relates to machines for making cards or strips of matches which are used more especially in the manufacture of so-called book matches; having particular reference to means for providing the match splints with paraflin effective to transmit the flame from the heads to the bodies of the respective splints. The parafiin-applying means heretofore generally employed has supplied an excessive abundance of parailin to the stock or to the cards or strips of splints severed therefrom; that is to say, the stock, or the severed cards or strips of splints, have been supplied with parafiin by partially immersing the stock or the splints in molten paraflin or by applying the parafin to and along both sides'of the stock as the splints or the stock progress to or through the match making instrumentalities.

'VVe have discovered that the application of a relatively small quantity ofp'araffin to a m atoh, splint, contiguous to the ignition head, is sufficient to transmit the flame effectively from the head to the bodyof the splint; and therefore the object of our invention is to provide simple and efiicient means whereby paraffin is economically ap-. plied to the match stock at regular intervals in such a manner that when the stock is subjected to the action of the splint and card cutting mechanism the succeeding rowsof splints are provided at their, free endsv with small quantities of parafiin.

' Accordingly the invention comprises novel features of construction and combinations of parts which'will be hereinafter described and claimed.

- In the'drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of .a match making machine equipped with paraffin-applying mechanism embodying a preferred form of our invention.

Fig. 2 1s a transverse 22ofFig. 1. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the mechanism as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar section, as on the line -undersurface of the match stock, so that f 4-4: of Fig. 2, showing the parts in their relative positions when the cam actuated pressure roll is clearof the underlying match stock. a

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pressure and parafiin-transfer rolls, showing a frame,

vertical section, through the said mechanism, as on the line MATCH-MAKING MACHINE. I

1927. SerialNo. 194,617.

part of the cam and bar connections for operating the pressure roll, and showing also the treatedmatchstock as formed with match splints at its leading, end preparatory to the severance of a strip or cardlof splints from the stock. I

Fig. 6 illustrates the severed strip or card, as reversed, showing the paraifined portions of the splints. i

Fig. 7 is a detail, in perspective, of one of the cam shaft boxes, showing the guide thereon for the adjacent cam actuated bar. Referring to the annexed drawings, 10 designates a portion of the supporting and. 11 designates the main driving shaft of a match making machine. lQdesignates a portion of the travelling endless carrier by means of which the cards or strips, C. of match splints are carried through the composition applying and drying zones, and 18 designates the feed rolls for the match stock 8., 14: designates the equally spaced parallel. lines to form the match splints m; and 15 designates the cutter blade by means of which the leading end portion of the stock, after it is longitudinally cut and delivered tothc carrier, is transversely severed from the body oft-he stock to provide a card or strip of connected match splints, as seen in Fig. 6. The mechanism just referred to may be of any usual or approved construction. I

vLocated on the supporting frame, in ad- Vance of the feed rolls and immediately below thehorizontalpath of the match stock, is a tank 16. adapted to contain paraffin, which tank is .provided'with a steam jacket 17effective to maintain the paraflin in a liquid state, and also with. an overflow pipe 18to ensure a uniform level of the paraflin within the tank.

Mounted in suitable bearings 19 at the respective ends of the tank, are the trunnions of a paraflin-transfer roll 21 which is almost entirely submerged in the liquid contents of the tank, the-upper peripheral portion of the roll lying in aplane slightly below the The preferred means for periodicall depressing the match stock is as follows: verlying the path of the stock, directly above and "parallel with the transfer roll .21 is a pressure roll 22 the trunnions of which are journaled in blocks 23 having vertical guideways 24- which are slidably fitted to parallel standards 25 on the ends of the tank. The bearings 19 previously referred to are preferably constituted by integral depending portions ofthe standards 25. "l heblocks 23 are jointed, as at 26,1to the lower ends of vertically-movable bars 27 having on their inner faces suitably-disposed anti-friction rolls 28. These rolls 28 extend into the races 29 of a pair of face cams 30 fast on a shaft 31 having its bearings in boxes'32 slidably supported in the respective standards 25. Vertical adjustment of theboxes can be nicely effected by means of overhanging screws 33 threaded in cross-piecesB L at the tops of the respective standards. Each of the boxes is provided on its inner face with a rectangular guide piece35 which is slidably fitted in a vertical slot 36 in the adjacent bar 27 so as (to guide the bar in its vertical movement. The shaft 31 is provided with a sprocket wheel 37 which is c0nnectcd by means of a chain-38 with a sprocket wheel 39 on a lower shaft '40 journaled in basal bearings 41 of the respective standards. Fast on one end of the shaft 40is a bevel gear 42 in mesh with a similargear 43 on the upper end of van inclined shaft 4d, the lower end of which latter shaft, in turn,

is provided withabevel gear '45 in mesh with a similar gear '46 on the main shaft 11.

From the foregoing .it will be seen that during the operation of the match machine .motion is transmitted from the main shaft 11 to the cam shaft 31, and that the cams ro tating with the latter actuate the bars 27 in a manner to raise and lowerthe pressure roll 22. The cam races 29 comprise acting and dwell portionsm, 3/, respectively, the former cffectingthc raising and lowering oftbc bars 2.. during each interval of rest ofthe match stock, and the portions 1 maintaining such bars in raised position during each advance ment of the stock by the feedrolls 13toward the'eutters and the match carrier. In the descent of the bars 27 the pressure roll "22 bears upon and across the match stock "S so as to press it against the opposing periphery of the transfer roll .21, which latter roll thus applies a streak of paraflin z to the under surface of the stock, the space between succeeding streaks being such'that when the splints and cards are cut from the stock the under surface of the free end ofeach of the splints is economically provided with just suificient parafin to ensure the transmission of the flame from the match head to the body of the splint. (See Figs. '5 and 6.)

The advancement of the depressed stock by the feed rolls after the pressure roll 22 is raised tends partially to rotate the transfer roll 21 which presents'a fresh film of paraffin to the next succeeding portion of the stock whenthe latteris again depressed by the roll 22.

It isto be understood that our invent-ion is not limited to the particular construction herein disclosed, as the same may be modified within the principle of our invention and the scope of the appended claims.

lVe claim: I v

1. In a match making machine having a carrier for the match splints, splint cutting mechanism, and means for feeding a web'of match stock to said mechanism and the carrier, a parafiin containing tank located in advance of the said mechanism, directlybelow the path of-the web of match stock, a

paraliin transfer element in said tank, and

advance ofthe said mechanism, directly be- 'low the path of the web of match stock, a

paraiiin transfer roll mounted'to rotate in said tank, a pressure member overhanging the path of the web directlyabove the transfer roll, and means for periodically depressing and raising said pressure member, where by spaced-apart portions of the 'under'surface of the web are successively subjected to the action of the transfer roll.

3. In amatch making machine fhavinga carrier for the match splints, splint cutting mechanism, and means for intermittently feeding a web of match stock to present its leading portion to the cutting mechanism and the carrier, aparafiincontaining tank located in advance of the feeding :means, directly below the path oftheweb of match stock, a parafiin transfer .roll freely rotatable in said tank slightly below the path of the web, a pressure member overhanging said path directly above thetransfer roll,

and means for depressing and raising said member during the idlejperiods .ofithe feeding means, whereby spaced-apart portions of the under surface of the web are :suecess'iil p'ly subjected-t0 the action of the transfer r0 r 4. In a match making machine Ehaving a carrier for the match splints, splint cutting mechanism, and means for feedinga web of match stock to the cutting mechanism and the carrier, a paraffin containing tank located in advance of the cutting mechanism,

directly below the path of the 'web of match stock, a parafiin transfer roll mounted to rotate in said tank slightly below the path of the web, a pressure roll overhanging said path directly above the transfer roll, vertically movable bearing boxes in which the pressure roll is journaled, a shaft, means for rotating said shaft, cam means on said shaft, and connections between said cam means and the bearing boxes, whereby the said pressure roll lowered and the web depressed to subject spaced-apart portions of the undersurface of the web to the action of the transfer roll.

5. In parafiin-applying means for a progressing web of match stock, the combination of a tank, a paraflin transfer element in said tank, there being a match stock path normally spaced from said transfer element, and means whereby one surface of the match stock is presented at successive intervals to the action of the transfer element.

6. In parafiin-applying means for a progressing web of match stock, the combination of a tank, a paraffin transfer roll mounted to rotate in said tank, a roll adjacent to and parallel with the transfer roll,

is periodically raised and there being a match stock path between said rolls and normally spaced from the peripheryof the transfer roll, and means for effecting relative vertical movement-between path directly above the transfer roll, and

means for effecting relative vertical movement between said transfer roll and pressure element during the rest periods of the web, whereby spaced-apart portions of the under surface of the web are successively subjected to the action of the'transfer roll.

Signed at Springfield, in thejcounty of Hampden and State of Massachusetts this 25th day of May A. D. 1927.

JOSEPH E. ZOMNIR. CLARENCE L. PFEBSCH. 

